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More than 3,500 children have been killed in Israel and Gaza since 7 October, the vast majority in the bombardment of the Gaza Strip. In the face of this pedicide more than 500 children’s advocates in South Africa have issued a call for peace and respect for human rights amid the escalating con...
So far this year the National Institute for Communicable Diseases has issued reports on three different outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases – measles, mumps and diphtheria. Elri Voigt spoke to local experts about what this tells us about the country’s immunisation programme and the potent...
The Child Health Priorities Association released a statement today, addressed to the government, raising the alarm about the impact of austerity and budget cuts on the lives of South Africa’s poorest children.
The NICD has advised that clinicians should be on high alert, as the opening of schools may lead to localised measles outbreaks.
World Health Organization research reveals that some private hospitals in South Africa are allegedly being paid to promote certain formula milk products. It’s one reason why unwitting health workers may be the industry’s best-kept sales secret.